Massive Collection of Essays on Greek Monetary History

Le Rider, Georges. ÉTUDES D’HISTOIRE MONÉTAIRE ET FINANCIÈRE DU MONDE GREC. ÉCRITS 1958–1998. Edited by Eleni Papaefthymiou, François de Callataÿ and François Queyrel. Athens: Ouvrage publié par la Société Hellénique de Numismatique, 1999. Three volumes, complete. 4to, original yellow cloth, lettered in black. 452 + (8), 453–1035, (1) + (6), 1037-1443, (1) pages; portrait; text figures; numerous illustrations and plates of coins. Fine. An indispensable compilation. Daehn 144: “A collection of eighty-one articles written during 1958–1998 by the French numismatist and historian Georges Le Rider. Volume 1 contains a bibliography of Le Rider’s works, five essays regarding acquisitions of the Paris cabinet, three on techniques and technology, and thirteen on coinages of the Greek cities. Volume 2 includes twenty-one essays on regal coinages, and twenty-five on coin hoards. Volume 3 includes fourteen essays on financial history and monetary policy, five indices, and five maps.”